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Denver Nuggets vs. Houston Rockets

December 15, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Rockets 128-125 on 2025-12-15 at home. The Nuggets started Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, Peyton Watson, and Spencer Jones. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Josh Okogie, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., and Amen Thompson. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 31 points (9/13) in his matchups, with Spencer Jones as his primary defender. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 37 points (15/25) in his matchups, with Alperen Sengun as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

DEN

Denver Nuggets 128

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray GS	43:09	35	3	5	0	0	3	3	9-17	3-5	14-15	-4
Cameron Johnson GS	43:03	13	3	2	0	0	0	3	5-9	2-5	1-2	+8
Nikola Jokić GS	42:24	39	15	10	2	1	4	6	13-27	5-9	8-11	+1
Spencer Jones GS	40:54	11	3	0	2	3	0	5	4-8	2-4	1-2	+1
Peyton Watson GS	5:51	5	0	0	1	0	0	1	2-4	1-2	0-0	-3
Tim Hardaway Jr.	39:58	13	1	2	2	0	0	2	4-10	2-8	3-3	+4
Bruce Brown	27:02	2	9	4	3	0	1	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	-3
Jonas Valančiūnas	13:43	8	3	1	0	0	2	6	4-5	0-0	0-0	+6
Zeke Nnaji	8:56	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	+5
Totals		128	38	24	10	4	10	28	43-85	15-34	27-33

Did not play: Jalen Pickett (DNP - Coach's Decision), Julian Strawther (DNP - Coach's Decision), Hunter Tyson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

HOU

Houston Rockets 125

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kevin Durant GS	44:04	25	5	7	1	5	5	3	8-14	2-3	7-8	+2
Amen Thompson GS	43:31	14	12	6	0	0	1	3	5-13	0-1	4-5	-3
Jabari Smith Jr. GS	43:25	16	10	4	0	1	2	4	6-11	4-6	0-0	-1
Alperen Sengun GS	42:29	33	10	10	2	1	4	5	14-27	0-2	5-6	-6
Josh Okogie GS	27:40	16	4	0	2	0	3	3	7-9	2-3	0-1	+9
Reed Sheppard	31:35	14	3	1	2	1	0	2	5-17	3-9	1-2	+5
Steven Adams	15:30	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	1-1	0-0	1-2	-8
Aaron Holiday	10:14	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	1-1	1-1	0-0	-7
Clint Capela	6:32	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	1-2	-6
Totals		125	46	29	7	8	16	25	47-93	12-25	19-26

Did not play: JD Davison (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jeff Green (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jae'Sean Tate (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones Starter 5.9 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Spencer Jones 20.0 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Spencer Jones 7.6 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Tim Hardaway Jr. · Bruce Brown · Cameron Johnson · Zeke Nnaji 4.2 min
Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Cameron Johnson · Spencer Jones 2.9 min

HOU

Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kevin Durant · Josh Okogie · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson Starter 17.1 min
Kevin Durant · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 7.1 min
Kevin Durant · Steven Adams · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 4.9 min
Clint Capela · Aaron Holiday · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Reed Sheppard 4.2 min
Kevin Durant · Steven Adams · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson 2.9 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Nuggets defense

Kevin Durant 31 pts (9/13) in 85 possessions

Guarded by: Spencer Jones (41 %, 9 pts) · Cameron Johnson (21 %, 2 pts) · Tim Hardaway Jr. (12 %, 6 pts)
Alperen Sengun 29 pts (12/22) in 76 possessions

Guarded by: Nikola Jokić (42 %, 12 pts) · Spencer Jones (13 %, 0 pts) · Jamal Murray (13 %, 12 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Nikola Jokić	Alperen Sengun: 32 poss., 12 pts (5/8) · Steven Adams: 21 poss., 11 pts (4/9)
Jamal Murray	Josh Okogie: 28 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Amen Thompson: 20 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
Spencer Jones	Kevin Durant: 35 poss., 9 pts (3/3) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Cameron Johnson	Jabari Smith Jr.: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kevin Durant: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Amen Thompson: 16 poss., 1 pts (0/3) · Josh Okogie: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bruce Brown	Reed Sheppard: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kevin Durant: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jonas Valanciunas	Clint Capela: 8 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Zeke Nnaji	Alperen Sengun: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Amen Thompson: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Peyton Watson	Amen Thompson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kevin Durant: 2 poss., 3 pts (1/1)

Rockets defense

Nikola Jokić 37 pts (15/25) in 86 possessions

Guarded by: Alperen Sengun (32 %, 16 pts) · Steven Adams (21 %, 0 pts) · Amen Thompson (16 %, 4 pts)
Jamal Murray 15 pts (5/11) in 83 possessions

Guarded by: Josh Okogie (30 %, 3 pts) · Amen Thompson (16 %, 0 pts) · Jabari Smith Jr. (14 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kevin Durant	Spencer Jones: 35 poss., 6 pts (2/5) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 14 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Amen Thompson	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cameron Johnson: 15 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Jabari Smith Jr.	Cameron Johnson: 36 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Jamal Murray: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Alperen Sengun	Nikola Jokić: 28 poss., 16 pts (7/12) · Spencer Jones: 20 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Reed Sheppard	Bruce Brown: 24 poss., 8 pts (3/12) · Jamal Murray: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Josh Okogie	Jamal Murray: 25 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Cameron Johnson: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Steven Adams	Nikola Jokić: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jonas Valanciunas: 6 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Aaron Holiday	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamal Murray: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Clint Capela	Jonas Valanciunas: 8 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Zeke Nnaji: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)